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for children. He also held in his hand a document which bore the name of " Victoria," but he did not think he tea= anthorised in stating more at present. On account of the lateness of the hour the other motions and notices on the paper were adjourned. FEBRUARY 23. After the disposal of several trials, all of which were desti tute of the least public interest, the Bench resolved itself into a County Court, fur the purpose of receiving the Report of " the Committee appointed to consider the expediency of re commending her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill to limit the opening of houses for the sale of spirituous liquors to the hours prescribed for coffee-houses and beer-houses, and to forbid the opening of such spirit-houses altogether on Sun day mornings ; and to empower the Magistrates to license certain houses for the sale of tea and coffee, and other unin to.sicating refreshments, to be open in the night time in situa tions where they may appear to be necessary for the reason able accommodation of the public ; and to suggest such modi fications of existing laws, in regard to public-houses, as may appear to them to be necessary." The report was then read by the deputy clerk of the peace, and submitted among other things, that it be respectfully re commended to her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill to limit the hours for the retail sale of strong beer, wine, and spi rituous liquors, to between 6 o'clock in the morning, and I 1 o'clock at night, and that such houses be cleared of their guests before half-past 11 o'clock at night, but on Sunday mornings that such house be not open before 1 o'clock, p.m., and that the magistrates in petty sessions, subject to appeal to the general sessions, be empowered to licence persons to keep houses in situations which they may approve of, for the sale of tea, coffee, and other refreshments, not being of an intoxicat ing nature, to be open in the night time, such houses to be thereupon open to the inspection of police. The report having been received, Mr. BEAVMONT, the Chairman, could not but congratulate the Court on a fact which must have presented itself to their notice, namely, that the vice of intoxication was very much diminished, not merely in the higher circles, but in the mid dle and lower classes of society. The honourable magistrate at some length went on to describe the dreadful and disgusting scenes which presented themselves to the respectable families on the Sunday morning on their way to Church, as at a few minutes before eleven o'clock on those days, it was the cus tom for the different public-houses and gin-palaces to turn out the parties who had been throwing away their time and their money during the earlier part of the Sabbath within their walls; and concluded by moving that " the resolutions of the Committee be presented to the Secretary of State." A long, but somewhat desultory, conversation arose, in the course of which it was suggested, whether, as the subject was of such importance, and so many interests were affected by the terms of the resolutions themselves, it would not be the most advisable plan to call a Special Meeting of the Magis trates to take the whole matter into consideration. Ultimately that proposition was agreed to, and Tuesday, the 21st of March, appointed for that purpose. [ln reference to the period when the Learned Chairman (in our Report of yesterday) said that the little girl of seven and a half years of age had been committed to a separate cell in the Penitentiary, instead of its being " in the month of January," it should have been in the month of January, 1 837." So that the poor little creature was condemned to three years' imprisonment under the " separation" system.] MARVLEBONE ELECTION. MEETING AT THE YORKSHIRE STINGO. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the electors of Maryle bone was held in the large room of the Yorkshire Stingo Tavern, commonly designated the Apollo Saloon, for the purpose of determining and giving expression to their opinions as to which of the candidates on the Reform interest were best entitled to the support of the electors, and were the most fit and proper persons to represent the borough of Marylebone in Pasliament. Long before the Chair was taken the room was crowded to suffocation, and the greatest enthusiasm pre vailed in favour of Mr. Ewart. At one o'clock, JOSEPH HUME, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair. The Hon. Gentleman urged upon the electors the necessity of union, and the superior claims of Mr. Ewart to their suffrages. Mr. POTTER moved the first resolution, to the effect, that in the opinion of the meeting, unity was the only means to prevent a Tory becoming the representative of Marylebone, and that it pledged itself to support the most popular candi date on the Reform interest. Major REVELL seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst the most enthusiastic acclamation. Mr. ROBINSON moved the second resolution, that Mr. Ewart was considered by the meeting as the most fit and proper person to represent the wishes of the electors of Mary lebone in Parliament.—( Cheers. ) ASIITON YATES, Esq., M. P. for Carlow, seconded the re solution. The resolution was then put from the Chair, and might be said to be carried unanimously, there being only three hands held up against it. The result was received with great marks of approbation. Tho CHAIRMAN then said, that in introducing Mr. Ewart to their notice, he would beg to state that he sat beside that gentleman for seven years, whilst he (Mr. Ewart) was the re presentative of Liverpool, and that during that time he had never known him to give a vote that was not in furtherance of popular rights.—(Cries of " The Poor-laws.") Mr. EWART then came forward, and was received with deaf e,Hing cheers. He said, that unl ess h e h a d b een conv i nce d t hat that great body were favourable towards him, he never Would have obtruded himself upon their notice.—( Renewed Cheers.) Had he found that any other candidate upon the Liberal interest, professing the same principles that he did himself had pre-occupied their favour, and was the object of their choice, he would have most unhesitatingly withdrawn. His Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) had said that the man who Came before them to solicit their suffrages should be unfettered by either of the great parties who swayed the State, both of who m p ossess ed too great a preponderance in administering the affairs of the nation.—( Loud cheering.) If then, the absence of such fetters possessed any charm in the eyes of the electors of Marylebone, he (Mr. Ewart) was ready to proclaim that ho was the man.—( Immense cheering.) Ile would not seek to inquire what measure hnd been introduced by Whig, or what recommended by Tory, his only object would be to ascertain what would be for the good of the peo- Ple•—(Cheers.) He ( Mr. Ewart) had used his utmost exer tions in endeavouring to procure for the people an extension of education.—( Loud cheering.) He would give to them an Uncontrolled extension of the power of voting ; and, if any per son doubted his word, he would refer them to the votes lie had already given on the subject, and if they were dissatisfied with parol e evidence, they would perhaps consent to take documen tary—(Loud cheering.) He had also voted for the repeal of that most obnoxious tax, aye, he would say, the most so that was ever imposed upon the public, viz.—the Corn Laws.— (Cheers.) Upon the subject of the Poor-laws he had been already anticipated by the voices of several of his fellow countrymen, who had raised the formidable phalanx of the Pour Law Amendment Act.—( Hear.) He would ask them why he had supported the principle of that measure, and he would answer the question himself by stating that lie did not Support it as one of legislative perfection.—( I fear. ) He merely supported the principles embodied in the Act, which were the results of past experience, and which were favourable to the condition of the British labourer. A voice —Quite the contrary. Mr. EWART—Did not the people of Marylebone support the principle that actuated the administration of the Poor-law in the parish of Paddington ?—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") He (Mr. Ewart) for the same resson, had supported the principles embodied in the Poor Law Amend ment Act. But he was far from supporting many of the Clauses which he held to be obnoxious, and which ought to be removed.—( Cheers.) A person in the crowd—You supported the Bill altogether. Mr. EWART—A gentleman in the crowd more ready with assertion than prompt with proof, has said that ha (Mr. Ewart) had supported the Bill altogether. Now, if that gentleman, hovvever, had consulted his proofs, he would find that he ( Mr. Ewart) had invariably voted against all the objectionable clauses of the Bill.—( Cheers.) He had been asked if he was favourable to what had been called the Triumvirate sitting at Somerset House, and he would now answer them once for all, that he was one of those who had said in their places in the House of Commons, that that Commission should be limited to a certain number of years.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He considered the great metropolitan boroughs as the strong holds, the citadels of freedom, and now whilst the enemy were raging without the walls, and threatening them with hostile incursions, he would ask them, would they be guilty of the folly and impolicy of allowing disunion to reign within ? (Immense cheering, and cries of " No, no.") No, they should unite, and by one determined effort, overthrow the ma chinations of their enemies.—( Renewed cheering.) Mr. Ewart concluded by s t a ting, th a t he entertained the greatest respect f or Colonel Thompson, as well as being in the enjoyment of h is personal fi icndship, and had he found that the Gallant Colonel possessed a clear majority of the electors of Maryle bone in his favour, he (Mr. Ewart) should have shaken hands with him, say i ng —" Y ou , C o l one l Th om pson, arc the chosen of Marylebone, and I shall never take my stand on a minority a gainst the expressed, the declared, and the recorded wishes nice electors." Mr. Ewart sat down amid general cheering , ich lasted for several minutes. 110VENDEN then moved a vote of thanks to the Chair- L il an, which, being seconded, was carried unanimously, and the 'fleeting separated. S. JAMES'S THEATRE.—A new comic burletta NI ec bee • produced at this house this evening-, called the Fatal iS r PRICES OF CANALS,DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE, COMPANIES,&c. &c. &e. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 23. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per it+ ares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97!. 18s. sh. 135 1.182 4/. Ashliy-de-le-Zouch ......... Average 1131. sh. (55 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 100 8,000 I-16sh. 91 6s. I.lirmingharn, 1-16th share FF. & 711. 220 4.000 Ditto and Liverpool J unet...l 25/ ch. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/ sh. all pd 61 400 41. Chelmer and Blacktvatcr 1001. ,h. 102 500 481. C:iventry 100/.Bh. 745 4 .545 ......... Croydon Overage 31/.25. UM. sh. 3 2,0608 41. 00, Dudley lOOl. sh. 63 600 11+. Derby 1601. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent. Dantine and Mayne 4l/. 135. 4d .pd 331 3,5758 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/.811. 77 231 461. Erewash 1001. sh. '7OO 1,297 261, Forth and Clyde . Average 4401.165. ah. 585 1 1,000 121. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 220 2, 8 44 11. Grand Union 100/.sh 25 1,500 Grand Surrey 2 0,000/. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan . 100/. 70 3,606 Grand Western 600 131.12.5. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4,1, 749 10s. Grantham 150/. eh. 6,234 2/. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 25,328 1/. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 185.106. sh. 2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 5451 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 1,897 6/. Os. Leicester and Northampton-Aver S3l. 10s. 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 100/. sh. all pd. 217 171. Ncath 100/.sh. 1,786 30/. Oxford 1001.8 h. 2,100 5/. Peak Forest ... ...... ...Avei.ge about 781. sh. 1,118 I2s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 165.06. all. 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 500 81. Shropshire 115/. sh. 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal ISO!. sh. 3,600/. 48 percent. Ditto bock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sli. 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 140!. sh. 509 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 300 91. Stourbridge 3,647 21. 0 , . Stratford-on- Av,ni...Arerage 70!. 9s. tvd. sh. 533 151. Swansea 1001. s h. 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway -Av 35/. sh. 2,600155. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 8.149 Thames :>n.l 51edway.., Aver. 191. 55. 3d. ah. '"' h '} 151. Warwick a.rd Birmingham 1001. sh• 40001111. 950 1 It. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 6,000 4/.os, Worcest , r and Ilirmingh,.m... Av. 781.85. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts an.. Berk; .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 31, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh cro Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 li. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 1,600& } 3p. c Commercial 1001. sh. 1,06585 h 49 , 4,66781. 6 per ct. East India 3.233,31011. 50s. p. et. London . ..... ......Stock Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 41/. p. et. West India 2,209 'll. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine etock 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds . 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour .... Deptford Piet °Ol. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,600 It's. ilainmersmiti • 5Ol. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Rd. sh. 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. 6O/. pd 5,001) 168. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 10,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall Av• - wage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. ASA/ RANCE COMPANIES. too 225 Al 20,) 210 555 111 138 151 j 111 710 280 330 265 200 iiii `..)•2 1001 FO 113 99f lOU 1/9,1 2.500 2,000 31101 Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 80 50,000 S 5 per cent./ Alliance, British Se Foreign 100/. sh. 10;/. pd 131 I . and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. .5.!. pd 01 24,000 1/. per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 51. pd 14 1,200 ish. Si. Birmingham 1 ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/.Bh. 50/. pd 42 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 51. pd fll 5,000 5!. percent. Clerical, Medis•al, eve. Life, ICol.sh. 2110 s pd 4 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 4,000 2110 s County 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 [ 5 pet , ' cent./ and JO/ bs.3 Economic Life lOOOl. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 226. per cent. European Li i. 2 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 Os. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. pd If 1,000,0081. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1501 20,000 51. Guardian IOW. sh. 27j1 pd 331 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 5 0 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 1261 7,500 93. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 101. pd 10 13,158 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. eh. 81. pd 20 2,020 31 105 Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10,900 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 10!. pd 251 5.000 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. lid Ifs 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd IS 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2/. psi 2.18 s 041 50,003 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 'W. sh. 2/. pd li's Od 2,500 1/. Provident late lOOl. sh. 101. pd 20 100,000 55. Rock Life "01. sh. 1/. pd fi 689,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2231 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. Agric. autiComm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australa=ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pi 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 30,000 5 per cent. London and Westminstsr ...WO/. sh. 201. lid 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 204 pd 25,000 Liverpool 1001 eh. 10/. pd 50,000 71 per sent Manchester and Liverpool / 1001. sh. 151 pd Discount., 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 Provincial 'link of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 20, 0 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 O/. sh. 173!. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. _atm. sh. 351. pd 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10!. pd 6,000 lOper cent. Hannishire 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPA NIES. 2,500 1/ Li 6d Bath 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 1(1!. pd ~ y- m , s5/.percent.} Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 d "'" Land Bs. 51, 928 5/ 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 1,500 3/ 10s Brighton 750 3/ les Ditto, New 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all 0 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 6211. pd 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. A. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 60/. pd 11,000 4/. Ills. Equitable 5Ol. pd 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanes 25/. sh. 201. pd 2,350 61. per cont. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 9,000 31. per cent. Phrenie . . 5Ol. sh. 291. pc! 1,000 4/. per cent. Itatcliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. Pl. pd 13,200 5!. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 161. pd 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 101. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,000 3/. Westruirster Chartered 6,1)00 12s. Ditto New . 5( !. sh. 10!. pd 860 Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/ pd 4,434 61. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ Ms. 4d. sh. 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 • 21 10s Now diver London Bridge Water Annuities 6,136 1/ 15s Manchester and Salfotd lOO/. oh. 1,000 4 per cent. South Lotalon 'OC/. eh. 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. Pd. sh. 1,360 11 Its York Building Co. Lessee l'rop ..... lOOl. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby 2.1. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 101x1 660 Calcutta and Saugur SO!. sh. V. pd 7,500 3,009 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/.151 12,000 8,000 ..... .... Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. stn. 21 !xi 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 3/. p I Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. p 1 Great North of England lO/. pd 5,000 Great 'Western llll. sh. 65/. pd 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pd 8,000 Hull and selby 501. sh. 10/. pd 10,1100 Leeds and Manchester 100!. sh. 51, pd 2,100 3!. per cent. Lc;ds and 5e1by......... 100 sh. 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington -.5 0 1. sh. all pd 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(.l.sh. 1001. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 36000 12,000 London and Blackwell 5O/, sh 31. pd 20,0110 3 per cent. London and Greenwich OO/. sh. 20/. pd . 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 901. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 20,000 ...... ... London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 59/. pd Ditto ditto New 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 201. sh. 20!. pd 7,010 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. 5/. pd 12,01)0 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmingliam 70/.sli. 71. pd North Midland 1001. sh. 251. pd Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 81. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 30/. pd 28,000 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 9,000 Ttlicoes Ilaven 5O/. sh '2l. 10s. pd 1,100 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 24 pti 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/, pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 33/. pd 4,000 1/. ss. Alton 151. sh. 121. 108 pd 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscript ion 251. pa 2,0(10 101. 80l mos 150/. sh all pd 10,000 11. Ills Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pin 9.5/. sh. 201 pd 6,0, 0 Macatibas & Cocas. United...2s/.sh. 2314 pd 11,100 Ditto St. John Del Bey ' , O/. sh. 91 pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip .01. sh. 81. psi 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501 lid 6,0)10 British Copper 5l. sh. 43/. pd Cate Branca 91. pd Candonga 73/. p 4 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 1231 pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 3/. English l2l ICs. pd 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. Mt pd 6,153 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 551/. pd 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. sh 8/. pd 1,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd DAR. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5! pd West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 1,500 .. London University 1001. sh. all pd 700 Russell ' , rigs. sh. King' College 1001 pd 1 ( 1 1 : 01 000 10 4 6 / 1 ..1 1 - 7 e r r cent. Canadaßritisl 10,000 MISCELLANEOUS. 15 8 . Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 20/. pd ' American 100/. sh. 231. pd 200,000 5/, per cent. Upper Canada Loan Land Company ... Oa. pd C Bonds, 4 er cent 15,000 I/. 6s. General Steam p g Nevi ation -15/. is. 13/. pd 1 101. per cent. Hud son ' s Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms 'iv. 751. sh. 8,000 Caoutchouc Comisany "5!, sh. '2ll. pd New Brunswick Land Company 431. pd 2, 754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50e...100/. sh. 100/. lid 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 4,000 1 liames Tunnel 501 sh. all pd 10,000 0 . Van DK.. ners's Land I°ol. sh. 171. Pd 29f 50 421 481 9j 423 3:6 1:1 Ci 18 165 i 28; 4ot '2l: 30,000 19 i II I :19i 66 1 CONIPORT TO PERFORMURS.--WllO has not been sexed with the uncompromising character of a bound Music h ook? Wh o h as not b een vexe d w i t h himself' that he should ` 4 ve been i rr it a t e d a t t h e p ur i tan i ca l st iff ness o f i ts b ac k, an d tale romantic affection of its leaves; baffling all attempts to Qeeet a separation, " like twin roses blown apart," rushing together at a given opportunity ? Who that loves comfort in P l aYing, better than a dainty bi n ding, has not marred the one, that he may enjoy the other ; that he may at all events play three bars without a forced rest to persuade the leaves to moderate the ardour of their attachment ? To such per formers we announce the gl a d tidin g s, that one Mr. William Hanco c k (Manufactory Glass House-yard, Aldersgate-street) has invented a mode of binding in Caoutchouc, which whether the Book contain 50 or 500 leaves, both the first and the last IQ lie as flatly as if it were wholly free from any tie. loreover, such is its elasticity of binding, that the Book m a y b e turned com pl ete l y b ac k at any division of the leaves, and " lease no show of violence behind." In short, the invention i 8 as clever as it will be welcome to all classes, literary, musical, and commercial. In a Ledger of 800 leaves you I naY write upon any page to the very edge ; and a small octavo Book will lie perfectly flat, unrestrained, open it where You may. LIST OF SCOTTISH 30 00PANIES' PRICES. JAN. , 183 M 8. BANKS. 1,500,0091. ill. p. ct. Bank of Scotland - B3/. 6 s. 8, 1. sh. all pd 1901. 2,000,00 C/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 191/. 500.00er. 8 British p. ct. L Company 'ou s t,. :. ii p d ! ,... 31 ,/ . 3,060,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial ................ . . 5001. sh. 1001. pd 1751. 5J00,000r. :) rt. C. Nx.tional 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1611. 2,00,1,0001, 6/. p. et. Glasgow unian 2501. sh. 501. pd 10/. 4,000,00/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOE sh 301 401. INSUItANCE COMPA . NIES. . t -xl 250,0005 h 61 p. et. Scottish Union .................201. sh. 1/. pd 251 s 100/. sh. 101. pd 131 1.56 10IT: 5°C) (i ooo t 7) . • c . ett.. Herculeslnsuraltce Co. of Scotland ....101, sh. all pd 815 s ,50 000 (1 p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 16/. .. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 14/10s 100,009 3 1 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd 71 Cs MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated -961. sh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. 'Edinh. Joint Stock Water... .26/. sh. all pd 351. Carroll Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 451. I,ooosh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh 381. pd 441. 10,000 3 per cant. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. M. NI Si. 4,4504500 10 10 i i ,zr , cent. cent. 25/. sh. all pd sq. Coal Gas 23/. sh. all pd 611 75f) 7/ per cent. Leith Coal Gas "0/. sh. all pd 451. 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Ra!'way...so/. sh 601. Company,,, '',s/. ch. 94 pd 10/. Ed Gla il :g b o " w rg G h 3,000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Com THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1835 \Vorsley, Staffordshire—J. C. and C. Penn, boot manufacturers, Holborn-bar!. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns mad, in the week ending the 20th of Feb., 1838, is 403. lid. per Cwt., exclusive of th Duties of Customs paid or payable on the Importa Lion thereof into Great Britain. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS One of the most magnificent displays of intellect and oratory that was ever made in the British Parliament, or perhaps in any other assembly in the world, was Tuesda) night exhibited in the House of Lords by Lord Brougham, on bringing forward his resolutions on the Slave question. When we thus see the highc4t order of mind' and the most splendid and brilliant efforts of elo quence addressed to the mitigation of human misery, and the elevation of man of every clime and colour in the scale of existence our hearts glow with hope, and exulta tion at the prospects which are thus opened to suffering humanity. Lord Brougham's previous exertions on this subject, when he brought our West Indian relations un der the notice of the House of Commons, and the une qualled zeal and ability with which he pursued the ques tion of Negro Emancipation to its ostensible accomplish ments, were in themselves sufficient, without one other of the manifold claims which he has put forth on the public gratitude and esteem, to enshrine him in the deepest affec tion and most exalted veneration of every man solicitous for the welfare of his kind. Gigantic and almost super human as arc his Lordship's intellectual powers, and his unequalled facility of putting them in action, when he considered the great success which attended his former labours, and tho proportionably great expectations which had been formed of his present efforts, he might well feel the anxiety expressed in the commencement of his speech, which he described to be greater than he ever be fore experienced on addressing either House of Parlia ment, save on the occasion already referred to, that of bring ing the subject of the ill usage of our West Indian relations first under the consideration of the House of Commons. Whether as regarded the surpassing interest of the question, or the exalted position of the statesman and ora tor who introduced it, the announcement of the proceedings of Tuesday night could not fail to have excited the most anxious solicitude of the public. But however — great may have been the anticipation, it must have fallen short of the reality, for it is to bo doubted if eve❑ Lord Brougham himself had expected to have produced such a powerful effect on the House as was manifestly wrought by his address, He at first impressed upon their Lordships the favourable occa=ion which thus presented itself of recom mending themselves to the good opinion of the country, and then entering at once upon the question, ho detailed a se ries of cruelties contingent on the slave system which are calculated to make the sternest heart recoil with horror. Ile told of legions, in order to lighten the ship during chase, being Clung overboard by pairs, in fetters, to insure their being drowned before they could be captured by the cruiser to give evidence against their murderers. He ap pealed to the Marquis of Sligo in corroboration of the fact of vessels being engaged in the traffic which had only three feet and a half; and even but two feet and a half between the decks, wherein hundreds of human beings had been jimmied like lifeless lumber. In one of these vessels the opthalmia had broken out to :a considerable extent, and whenever a poor unhappy wretch was seized wit it, in place of having medical assistance—in place of a sur geon being called to him, he was instantly and in his chains flung overboard, in order to stop the infection. The mind shrinks from believing such barbarities as these, and therefore in their very excess they become in credible. " I will be charged" said his Lordsl4, "no longer with under-statements. I said, that one ship had brought 700 slaves, and I stopped there, for it was quite enough to harrow the feelings of all ; but, my Lords, there was another ship which brought a cargo of 980 poor, misera ble, unoflindin g beings, and out of that 980, without any direct murder, but from the hardships and sufferings insepa rate from the traffic, GOO full the victims of the pestilential hold ; and four other ships, which sailed from the same port, with no less than from 2,300 to 2,400, no less than 1,500 of these poor slaves, fell a sacrifice to the disease." But we turn from the contemplation of horrors such as these, to the more grateful task of refuting the foul and false allegations made against the victims of these abomina tions, suelt as their being unfit for the enjoyment of liberty, and that if emancipated they could not be induced to work by the hope of remuneration, nor by any other appliance than the whip. The first of August, the day fixed upon for their restitution to liberty—a day affected to be looked upon with apprehension by the taskmasters of the unfortu nate negroes, lest they should indulge in irregularity, ex cess and debauchery—passed away and returned, and passed away again and again, without any the least serious disturbance. We quote the following passages from his Lordships speech : "Three hundred and forty thousand slaves were liberated on that day, and their peaceful festivity was disturbed only on one estate, in one parish, by an irregularity which three or four persons put down. But, my Lords, we were told that that day `would be a day of disturbance, of outrage, of disaster. We were told that there would be no volunta7y labour, but we find now that there is no want of men to work for hire. I have the authority of my Noble Friend behind me (Lord Sligo), that there has been no want of labour. My Noble Friend has made an inquisition into this matter, and I am enabled to mention his authority for saying, that in nine estates out of ten there is no difficulty whatever in get ting labourers to work for hire. And yet, my Lords, there were people bold enough to tell us, that without the cart is hip no negio • could be made to work—we were told that the negro would fall asleep when released from the lash. e • "In Antigua and Bermuda, on the first .of August, 1834, three years and a half ago, there was not a single slave or indentured a pprentice. But it has been said that it could after so c omp l ete an d a bj ect a state hardly be expected that , of slavery which had so long existed, the sudden emancipa tion would endanger the peace of this island. The expe rience of Aug. 1 at once scared away the phantom which had been raised in tire minds of the planters. Then it was said, only wait till Christmas, when all who have a practical knowledge of the negro character dread rebellion. They did wait—and I will go to Antigua, for it is the strongest case—there ;there was no preparatory state, there there was no transition—the chains were at once knocked off , and th e negro was made free. Fur the first time within 30 years, that year, the Christmas of 1834, was the first that mart i a l law was not pro claimed in Antigua. lon call for facts—here are facts ; you call for experionce—here it is ; and let the man who scoffed at us—who laughed to scorn what he called our visionary, theoretical sc h e mes, which were imp ract i ca b le—that never could be carried into effect without a rebellion, and the loss of the colonies —let him come forward and deny any statement which I made." Through the whole of his magnificent address, his Lord ship was listened to with profound attention, interrupted only by frequent bursts of applause. Lord Glcnelg an nounced the intention of Government to bring in a Bill on the subject, the heads of which he expl a i ne d to the House, but we must def T their consideration—for, with the en grossing e ffect of Lord Brougham's eloquence, fre s h on th e mind, it would be impossible to give them suitable atten tion. —Morning Advertiser. We were sore that the evid ence a ff orded by the late di vision on Mr. Grote's motion, o f t h e rapid progress of public opinion in favour of the Ballot, would rouse the op ponents of that measure out of their fancied security, de rived from the known antipathy of both sections of the aristocracy to w,liatever tends to increase the influence of the middle classes. Such a demonstration could hardly fail to rouse them to a due sense of their danger, and to satisfy them that the. question is no longer to be trilled with, as if the Ballot were merely a wild fancy of dreaming politi cians. We knew that the Reform Bill, by converting the representation of these kingdoms from virtual to real, would lead to the Ballot as certainly as day follows night ; for in stead of the low and venal voters, the corrupt machinery by which the Constitution was worked, it called into ex istence respectable and intelligent men, not accustomed to degradation, who would not suffer themselves to be either bribed or bullied, but who at the same time could not for get that they were husbands and fathers, and that their duty to their country could never demand from them, at every election, that they should, in exercising their suffrages do violence to their consciences, or expose themselves to heavy sacrifices. The Reform Bill trans ferred power to the middle classes ; but the Aristocracy refuse to perceive this, and count on intimidation and corrupt influence for counteracting its natural effects. The enemies of the Ballot are the enemies of independent voting ; and we have always treated the arguments against the Ballot as urged in bad faith, the real grounds of opposition being withheld. flowerer, as the middle classes have evinced a determination to make the Ballot the question, the battle- must now be fought in good earnest, and we are prepared for the constant display of much bird fighting on both sides till the victory is achieved. Lord Mel bourne seems to be aware that the time for trifling is past. Last night, on presenting a petition in favour of the Ballet from Neath, he took occasion to deliver his political creed at some length. After alluding to the statement contained in a letter from a gentleman who had interested himself a good deal in getting up the petition, that up to the period of the last election the pe titioners had not been inclined towards the introduction of the Vote by Ballot, but that, so numerous and glaring had been upon that occasion the instances of intimidation and interference with the opinions of the voters, they had come to the conclusion that the Ballot offered the only protection, his Lordship observed, " If the one-half, the. one-third, nay, the one-tenth part of what he had heard on this head be founded in fact, he could not at all won der at the feeling which prevailed on the subject, or that persons suffering so much inconvenience should feel inclined to fly for relief from it to any remedy which might offer the smallest hope of redress." " My decided opinion (added his Lordship) is, that if even all that has been said on this sub ject be true,the measure of the Ballot is one which ought not to be adopted as a remedy. It is not my intention to intro duce a debate upon the present occasion ; but I must be al lowed to observe with respect to the m. aqire, I do n o t believe that any mind is so comprehensive, perspicacious, or acute as to be able to foresee what the consequences of its adoption in this country would ho." This we behove to be true ; but it applies to every great political change as well as to the Ballot. Who could have foreseen all tile consequences of the Reform Bill? Who yet can foresee all the consequences of that measure If we are to resist all measures of which we do not foresee all the conse quences, we must resist all change whatever. Rejecting, as inapplicable, arguments derived from the success of the Ballot in other countries, his Lordship proceeded to ob serve— " It might succeed, my Lords, I will not take upon myself to say it would not succeed in this country, but the very un certainty of its effects alarms me, and would prevent me from sanctioning its adoption. I may, however, my Lords, speak even more positively upon this subject ; for, putting aside all other objections to its adoption, I do not hesitate expressing my belief that the Ballot in no respect would prove an effica cious remedy fo: the evils and grievances it is intended to cure ; and that even if those evils and grievances prevailed to a much greater extent than they do, the Ballot, so far from diminishing them, would add to their number, and at the same lime introduce others of a more annoying nature. Such being my opinions, my Lords, I have but to add, that while I have great satisfaction in making known the wishes of any body of my fellow-countrymen in presenting their petitions, I cannot give my approbation to the prayer of that I now beg leave to place upon your table." There are two grounds of objection here—the uncertainty of its effects, and that, instead of remedying the evils and grievances it is intended to cure, it would add to their number, and introduce others of a more annoying nature. The uncertainty of its effects may tell with the higher classes, but will weigh very little with the classes who suffer so grievously from the want of protection. The other ground is merely Lord Melbourne's belief, and opposed to that belief is the rooted conviction of the people that the Ballot will not aggravate the evils for which it is intended as a remedy. It vv:II assuredly protect the voter who wishes to be protected. It may in the smeller boroughs add to the existing venality, though even that is not quite certain ; but for that evil there is an obvious remedy. That the independence of the middle classes can is able and willinj to answer for his own conduct and language to his Peers ; but we have yet to learn that the pu; rile individual who finds himself, by a concurrence o p 'itical anomalies and partsan m - ceFsities, the Leader of t ie House of Commons will really dare to fulfil his stale threat (now revived from the tomb of a previous Session's Whig-Radical bombast) of interfering ith the freedom ofde bate in the House of Lords. We trust that Lord Maid stone possesses too much personal spirit, as well as here ditary firmness, to allow either the unmitigated brutality of language of one ally, or the shallow froward prattle of the other, to turn him from his purrose of exhibiting in its naked deformity the mind of the Twin who is influencing for evil so many thousands of his fellow-eitizens, and who, unable to appreciate or even conceive the existence of truth, honesty, honour, or conscientiousness in the minds of the best educated and most refined class of the most intelligent nations on earth, is everl ;stingly trumpeting forth his own pretensions to all the virtues, political and sanctimoni ms, that ever adorned the biography of Saint, Sage, or Hero !--111orning, Post. be secured by the Ballot - can hardly be doubted ; that the middle classes, if secured in the independent exercise of what the Reform Bill has given to them, will always act with wisdom, is another question. It is evident that Lord Melbourne shares the doubts of Sir Robert Peel on this head. However, be this as it may, this is not an argu ment likely to weigh with the middle classes themselves. The Duko of Wellington said it was his firm belief that the conscquencce of what had t-len place during the last few years had been to render the possession of political power by individuals in different parts of the country infinitely mere desirable than it had been theretofore ; and added, " What he recollected ten years ago was not, upon his honour, the state of things now ; matters were not at all as they were"—that " we had gone back half a cen tury." It required no ghost to tell us this. Men do not fight for the mere love of fighting, but for what they hope to gain by it ; and the Tories, having it all their own way till the energies of the nation were roused in the struggle for the Reform Bill, had no occasion to resort to the coer cive intimidation and corruption which have provoked the demand for the Ballot. The Noble Duke referred to the influence of the priests in Ireland ; but conveniently forgot that in every parish in England the parson is a recruiting officer for the Tories. His Grace " owned he should be very sorry to sae in England the adoption of what was called the principle of the Ballot in regard to elections. Englishmen had ever been distinguished for openness of ciaareaster, and he for one should be exceedingly concerned to find that, instead of men coming forward openly and avowing their opinions, they should appear to shrink from publicity, and exercise their franchise through the medium of the Ballot-box." It is all very well to talk of the openness of character of Eng glishmen. His Grace must have thought them very guli ble, as well as very open, if they were to be led by any such compliment to resign themselves to the persecution which the franchise has entailed on them. No, his Grace may rely on it : what the Reform Bill has given to thew that they will have in reality, and not in name. The reason why his Grace niches them to remain open is sufficiently obvious. Their openness places them at the mercy of the aristocracy. When did ever a combatant find an opponent too open to his weapon.—lllorning Chronicle. We know not whether many of our readers look to so abject a portion of their fellow creatures as those who are the melancholy inmates of prisons and the objects of prison discipline. Such, however, as turn their attention to these things would, we think, have their eyes suffused in tears when the real the account in our journal of yesterday of the three poor children, one seven, one eight, and the other about. ten years of age, confined in separate cells at the Penitentiary. With this prison it appears that the Magis trates have nothing to do ; it belongs entirely to Govern ment, where they and their political economy friends, the humanity-mongers, carry on all their experiments upon the human frame, bodily and mental. Is it credible that chil dren of the tender ages above-mentioned should have been placed in confinement separately day after day, week after week, month after month, and, had there not been a burst of indignation amens , the Magistrates, year after year ? The youngest asked' for a doll, poor little creature ! to play with ; and the others made up their bed-clothes into the form of dolls, and so played with them. They had been convicted, it appears, of stealing things to carry to their mother, who was only sentenced to 'six months' imprisonment. Did the Magistrates who thus sentenced the mother add this torture of separation to the imprisonment of the children ? If so, who arc those Ma gistrates ? If not, who dared to add the separation from each other, and from every human eye, to the sentence on the children ? Let any one think of the feelings of in fants seven, eight, or ten years of age, when darkness in the solitude of death began to close upon them ! A mer ciful dispensation might /Ilford them an escape into idiotcy. But if their senses remain, as their cries could not be heard, or must not be regarded, what a situation for one night only, and how much more for years of nights, for so the sentences imported ? Anti to this it is that we are some, after all the babble about prison discipline ! Times. In the course of a discussion last night, on some of the clauses of the Irish Poor-law Bill, an interesting conversa tion took place on the question of settlement under the proposed Act. Mr. Lucas argued in favour of a right of settlement ; but he did not venture to contend, at the same time, for the establishment of a right of relief for all per sons enjoying ;right of settlement. Yet, es Sir Edward Sugden, most truly observed, to concede a right of settle ment, and at the same time, to refuse a right of relief, would be the most cruel of mockeries ! By withholding the right of relief, even though it does not concede the right of settlement, the prOjected Poor-law fur Ireland is the most cruel mockery that ever was perpetrated by a body of legislators. .The misery in Ireland caused by impotence and ago—alshough doubtless considerable in amount—does not approach to one tithe of that mass of miscsy, which is induced in Ireland by want of employment. To promise relief; therefore to age and impotence—and, at the same time, obstinately to withhold relief, from men who can find no market for their labour—is scarcely to lessen the amount of misery in Ireland ; whilst, at the same time, such a course is calculated to reader the unrelieved la bourers more desperate, and more unmanageable, than the y have hitherto been. Mr. O'Connell declared that he should vote for establishing a law of settlement ; and the law of settlement being conceded, the right of relief ought, he contended, to be conjoined with it ! Daniel, then, after all his violent opposition to the true principle of a Pocr_ law ,is about to veer round at last to something like a qua litied advocacy of that principle! Lord J. Russell opposed the establishment of a law of settlement. Hedeelared his own Bill to be the best of all possible Bills. Ile did not think that a larger measure of relief could be safely conceded to Ire land ;—nor did he, on the other hand, think with Mr. O'Connell, that the principal of relief, in any shape, in volved a confiscation of property. To talk of confiscation of property, as a consequence of giving employment to able-bodied labourers, is the quintessence of absurdity ! Whatever the able-bodied labourer receives (unless his employers be fools) he reproduces with a imp. A sys tem of compulsory employment for the poor of Ireland upon the waste lands of Ireland, would double the availa ble capital of that country within ten years. It is the want of employment—it is mendicancy—it is unprofitable con sumption of food, and of the other necessaries of exist ence :—lkese are the processes, that lead to confiscation of property. Honest employment for those willing to work, never yet weakened the security, nor lessened the amount of a nation's property!—Meraing Herald. Our readers will perceive by our Parliamentary report that the audacious insult offered to " the Engli s h an d Scotch gentry" by Mr. O'Connell has been promptly met, and marked down for an indignant nation's reprobation, by Lord Maidstone. The outrageous slanderer has, to the surprise of every one, for once behaved with candour—nay, more, he glories in the extravagant ruffianism of his impu tation. The secret of his very unexpected (and in this case most steconetitutionao daring was, however, speedily re vealed by the conduct of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Home Department, who hastened to his support . by the utterance of a counter threat of en attack upon a Right Rel escnd Memb-r of the Upper House, for ad verse opinions expressed long since respecting the degree of credit to be attached to the professions of Roman Catholic Members of the " compact alliance." This wild Irish mode of parrying one thrust by another, however broadly it may betray the agency of the individual iu this outrage against the honour of the English and Scotch gen try, cannot retard the retribution which awaits the reck less as6everater. The Bishop of Exeter, we can well be- FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 21, 1838. The Queen was this day pleased to invest his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K. G. K. T. Acting Great Master of the Nlost Honourable Order of the Bath, with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Honourable Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 21. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon the under-mentioned Officers, and to invest them re spectively with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, viz.:— Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating. Major-General Sir William Johnston. Colonel Sir George De Lacy Evans (Lieutenant -General in the service of the Queen of Spain.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, l'En. 14. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of hood upon Geo. Stephen, of Collins, Princes Risborough, in the county of Buckingham, Esq. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Fin. 21. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knigh hood upon Isaac Wilson, Esq., M.D. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Faa. 21. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Samuel Brown, Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy. -- DOWNING-STREET, Fru. 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and ap point Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Bradford, Knight Com mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Major-General Lord Burghersh, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Commander of the said Order. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir Henry Worsley, of the East India Company's Army, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military - Order of the I3ath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order, in the room of Major- General Sir John W. Adams, deceased. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Major-General Donald Macleod, of the East India Company's Army, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Commander of the said Order, in the room of Major-General Sir Henry Wonley. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 23. The Queon has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Lio nel Fitz Gerald, Esq. to be her Majesty's Consul in the Balearic Ltlands. CROWN-OFFICE, Frn. 23. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT, Towii OF GA LICAT. —Andrew Henry Lynch, Esq. BOROUG If or Blum; NORTH.—Robert Pigot, of Patishull, in the county of Stafford, Esq., in the room of Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, FEE. 23. 2d Regiment of Dragoons.—Lieutenant L. Macquarie to he Captain, by purchase, vice Fawcett, who retires ; Cornet D. J. Macleod, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Macquarie; E. Barnett, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Macleod, Feb. 23. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—R. B. Prettijohn, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hallett, promoted, Feb. 23. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lieut. H. Rowles, frog► the 85th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Grant, who ex changes, Feb. 23. _ _ 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—H. E. Surtecs, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Harbord, who retires, Feb. 23. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. B. Ponsonby, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bowles, who retires; Ensign 11. H. Yea, from the 13th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Ponsonby ; Ensign C. A. Schreiber to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote ; 11. R. Norman, Gent., to be En si,n, by purchase, vice Schreiber, Feb. 23. .34th Foot—Capt. H. Dewes to be Major, by purchase, vice Aircy, promoted ; Lieut. E. Heathcoto to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Deedes, Feb. 23. 48th Foot—Sergeant-Major W. Jenkins to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ferns, promoted in the 76th Regiment of Foot, Feb. 23. - 72d Foot.—Lieut.-Colonel C. G. J. Arburthnot, from the 90th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Peddie, who ex changes, Feb. 23. 76th Foot.—Lieut. J. Montgomerie, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tollemache, deceased, Feb. 7 ; Ensign J. G. Ferns, from the 46th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mont gomerie ; W. W. Whitter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien, who retires, Feb. 23. 85th Foot—Lieutenant A. G. Grant, front the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Rowley, who exchanges, Feb. 23. Ensign T. E. Knox, from the 98th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lord J. Butler, promoted in the 7th Regiment of Foot, Feb. 23. 88th Foot—Captain J. Miller, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Martin Orr, who exchanges, February 23; Lieut.. E. Adams to be Captain, by purchase, ♦ice Miller, who retires; Ensign' C. Ellison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adams ; J. De Courcy Laffan, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ellison, Feb 24. 90th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel J. Peddie, from the 72d Regiment of Foot, to be Lioutenaut-Colonel, vice Arbuthnot, who exchanges, Feb. 23. 96th Foot—S. E. Rolland, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, ♦ice Knox, appointed to the 85th Regiment of Foot, Feb. 23. MEMORANDUM. The half-pay of Lieut. 13. Riefkugel, of the 2d Light Infantry Battalion King's German Legion, has been cancelled from Dec. 14, 1837, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance. The half-pay of Cornet D. T. Curtis, of the 10th Light Dragoons has been cancelled, he having accepted a commuted al lowance. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cornwall. The Hon. Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe, commonly called Viscount Valletort, to be Vice Lieutenant, Feb. 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of of Lancaster. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Alilitia.—Mon tague Joseph Fcilden, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 8. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. Norfolk Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—llenry Champion Par tridge., Gent., to be Cornet, Dec. 4, 1837. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BODLE, draper, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, to sur render, March 2, at half-past ten, and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Basinghall-street, Official As signee Reed, Bread-street, Cheapside. SAMUEL NOBLE, builder, Woolwich, March 2, at two, and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Fins bury-square, Official Assignee ; Smith, Little Britain. HANNAH MARIA MOORE, iron founder, Maidstone, Kent, March 6, at one, and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, Frederick-street, Old Jewry, Official Assignee ; Coe and Tippets, Pancras-lane, Bucklersbury. GEORGE BAKER BILLOWS, and GEORGE BILLOWS, ironmongers, Poole, Dorsetshire, March 8 and April 6, at ejeven, at the Angel Inn, Poole. Castle, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire ; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London. ANDREW BELL, merchant tailor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 13, at eleven, and April 6, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maples, Pearse, Hunt, and Stevens, Old Jewry, London ; Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WILLIAM DICKSON, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 14, at eleven, and April 6, at three, at the Bankrupt Commission room' Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Dawson, Symond's-inn, Chancery lane, London ; Kent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. RICHARD RICHMOND, shoe maker, Ayeliffe, Durham, March 16 and April 6, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Dur ham. Lowe, Temple, London ; Clarke and Walker, Gisborough, Yorkshire. MATTHEW GROUCOTT, china dealer, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, March 15 and April 6, at one, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priori, Warwickshire. Chaplin, Gray's-inn square, London; Ingleby and Wragge, - Birmingham. JOHN FAIRFAX, printer, Leamington Priers, Warwickshire, March 15 and April 6, at twelve, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Lea mington Priers. Newton and Ensor, South-square, Gray's-inn, London; Heath, Warwick. THOMAS AUBREY; stationer, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, March :s and April 6, at ten, at the King's Head Inn, Newport.. Webb, Newport, Monmouthshire; Weeks and Gilbertson, Cook's • court, Lincoln's-inn, London. THOMAS DEAKIN and JOHN VIPOND, ironmongers, Pontypool, Monmouthshire ' March 8, at twelve, and April 6, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Williams, Verulam-buildings, G:ay's•inn, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol ; Geach, Ponty pool. JOSEPH FISHER, Jun., woollen draper, Stroud, Gloucester shire, March 16 and April 6, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Stroud. Paris, Stroud; Shearman, South-square, Gray's-inn, London. WILLIAM TREPESS, Sen., and WILLIAM TREPESS, Jun., builders, Warwick, March 15 and April 6, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. Wright, New-court, Middle Temple, London; Morris, Warwick. JAMES BRUNT, silk merchant, Flash Bottom, Staffordshire, March 1 and April 6, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield- Redfern, Leek ; Higginbotham, Macclesfield ; Jenings, Bolton, and Jenings, Elm-court, Temple, London. ROBERT DAVIS, merchant, Pidford-house, Isle of Wight, March 8 and April 6, at twelve, at the Bugle Ins, Newport, Isle of Wight. Corfield, Bolton-row, London ; }learn, Newport, Isle of Wight . DITIDENDS. At the Court •f Bankruptcy, Basinr,hall-street. B. Oram, chemist, Blackman-street, Southwark, March 19, at half-past twelve—J. Osborn, horsedealer, Upper Moutague-street , Montague-square, March 19, at half-past eleven—J. Jackson, draper, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, March 19, at half-past one —J. Biggs, coachmaster, Egham, Surrey, March 17, at half-past eleven--R. Mower, woollen draper, Shoreditch, March 17, at twelve—R. G. Ayres, butcher, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, Marla 17, at half-past twelve—G. Rich, tailor, Curzon-street, Mayfair, March 17, at one—C. Walker, wharfinger, Halkin Wharf, Lewrr Belgrave-place, Pimlico, March 17, at two—J. N. Dennis, coachmaker, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, March 17, at eleven — J. Robins, bookseller, Ivy-lane, Newgate-street, March 17, at twelve—A. M. Pereira and H. Castellian, Old Bethlern, London, March 16, at one—E. Wilson, upholsterer, Wellington-street , Strand, March 16, at half-past one. In the Country. L. Albin, jun., Wine merchant, Liverpool, March 19, at twelve, the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES, AlAacn 16. J. Holloway, grocer, Bracknell, Berkshire--J. Carden and G. Parkes, linen drapers, Liverpool—J. Morrison and W. Stone, wine merchants, Harp-lane, 'Tower-street—J. Oulton, corn dealer, Ash ton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Frost and J. Sands, lace manufacturers, Wood-street, Cheap side—T. Rowley and T. Mitchell, manufacturers of fancy goods, Huddersfield—W. S. and B. Holmes, drapers, Nottingham—R• Maeer and S. Hobbs, bakers, Bristol—W. Tricker and W. Trickey, jun., carpenters, Bristol—R. Garnett. and Co., merchants, Man chester (so far as regards C. Garnett)—J. Stephen and Co., flint glass manufacturers, Rainhill, Lancashire (so far as regards 111‘Donnell)—G. and J. Roberts, maltsters, Tintern, Monmouthshire Bonifas, jun., and J. Finch, mercers, Dorchester—J. Wood and C. Wren, keen - len, Manchester—T.Wilby and Co., tea agents, Lime street, City (so far as regards W. Clare)--R. and S. 11. CAttley, wine merchants, Kingston-upon -Hull—T. Richardson and J• Sharp, manufacturers of gas apparatus, Northampton—W. and J. Lawson, dyers, Trowbridge—l'. G. Bennett and Co., coalowners, Wigan (so far as regards R. Swarbrick)—T. and J. Whale, linen merchants, Bristol—J. Francis anti W. Cooksey, tailors, Glouces ter—W. Norton and Co., Hayes, Middlesex (so far as regards 1. Norton) —W. E. Davies and W. Hodgett;;, glass manufacturers, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Fin. 23. SOUTITGATE V. DODDINGTON AND OTLIER,S. This was an action brought by a builder to recover upwards of 6001. from several defendants, as Directors of the Pneumatic Railway Company, formed to carry into operation an inven tion, whereby atmospheric air was employed in the place of steam for the purposes of locomotion, and the sum was claimed in respect of certain premises erected for the Company by the plaintiff. The defendants not persisting in their defence a verdict was found for the plaintiff for the full amount. DYKE V. DUKE AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for the injury which the plaintiff alleged himself to have sustained in consequence of the defendants neglecting their duty by not arresting a person named Swift, or, having arrested him, by permitting him to cscape.—The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 301. COURT OF REQUESTS, WHITECH.IPEL. FITZGIBBON V. HONEY. Yesterday M,s. Laura Honey, the present proprietress of the City of - London Theatre, in Norton Folgate, was summoned before the Commissioners of the Court of Requests for the borough of the Tower Hamlet; to show cause why she refused to pay to Miss Maria Louisa Fitzgibbon the sum of thirty shil lings, for two week's salary, due to her according to her agree ment as a dancer at the defendant's theatre. The mother of Miss Fitzgibbon stated that she had entered into an engagement with Mr. Stirling, Mrs. Honey's stage manager, for three months, for her daughter, as a dancer, at the rate of 15s. a week salary, which engagement was to last up to Easter. Since that time, however, Mrs. Honey dis charged her daughter, as we ll as other ladies similarly situ ated, after giving them a month's warning, stating as her reason for doing so that the pieces for which they were en gaged did not answer, and that therefore she was losing money by them. Commissioner—Was there any written agreement lh tween you?—Witness—There was, Sir, and Mr. Stirling, the stage manager, holds it. _ _ Commissioner (to Keen, the stage door keeper, who at tended on behalf of Mrs. Honey)—llave you got the agree ment spoken of with you ?—Keen—l am instructed to say that there was nothing of the sort. Commi...sioner—Mr. Stirling himself should have been here to answer the fact. .If Mr. Stirling did not think proper to attend at the next hearing of the case, and bring the agree ment with him, the Commissioners could exercise the power of compelling the attendance of Mrs. Honey in person. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A man named Mitcham, who said that he was a very re spectable person, was brought before the LORD MAYOR for re. examination, charged with having stolen a 51. Ipswich bank note, the property of a poor fellow named Pilch. The com plainant stated that he and the prisoner lodged in a two bedded room in Petticoat-lane. On Wednesday week he re ceived a Si. Ipswich note, No. 2,387, in a letter f rom th e country. He subseq uen tly invited tire prisoner to take some beer with him, and they went home to their beds together. The complainant, when the prisoner went into bed, took out the letter and read it, placing the 51. note on the table. Ile then put the letter and the note in his box, which stood be tween the two beds, and was not locked. On Saturday night the prisoner, who owed 2s. I od. to the complainant, not hav ing returned to the lodging at his usual hour, it was suspected that he had cut the house altogether, but the complainant did not suppose it possible. Upon looking into his box, however, he missed the letter and the 5/. note—his all. On Sunday morning the prisoner returned home drunk, supported by two females, and was given into the custody of a policeman. In his pocket was found a silk purse, containing seven good shil lings and one bad shilling. Mr. Thorpe, of the Pitt's Head, in the Old Bailey, stated that the prisoner celled at his house on Friday, and asked him to change a 51. Ipswich bank -note. Ile replied that he could not change country notes for a stranger, and the prisoner, eter pressing him very hard to give change, went away. Prisoner—Do you say that was the note the complainant lost ?—(A laugh.) The. LORD MAYOR—Pray, where did you get the Ipswich 5/. note you wanted to get changed ?—Prisoner--There are a good many Ipswich notes I suppose. lam a most respectable roan, and a man of property. Mr. Wood, a solicitor, pays me en annual sum, arising from a trust property, and I have had ninety-seven pounds spice September last. The Loan Mayon—But you don't say what became of the Si Ipswich note you offered to Mr. Thorpe. Prisoner—Thousands of pounds have been entrusted to me, and been all safe to a farthing in my eustoly, I assure you, my Lord : and Ipswich is the next county to that which gave me birth. lam in the habit of getting all sorts of notes. The LORD MATOR—But where did you get this particular note ? Thore's no use in attempthig- to mystify here. Pri soner—Where did I get it ? Why, I suppose lam not obliged to answer that question ?—( Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—No, you certainly a: - e not obliged to answer. Perhaps you have no objection to say where you got the Ipswich note changed which you offered to Mr. Thorpe? Prisoner—l don't at all see that lam obliged to answer that question.—(Great laughter.) I tell you that I receive a great many notes. Mr. Thorpe said that on the day the prisoner asked him to change the note he wanted the waiter to give him credit for a glass of gin, and was refused. Prisoner—Aye, I see that there's a prejudice against me; but a man is rot to he called poor because he sometimes has no silver in his pocket; and I don't choose to answer any questions about my own property. A gentleman from Messrs. Iloare and Barnet's stated tl at the Ipswich note No. 2,387 was pail into the balking-hot:se on Friday, but it was not known by whom. Prisorer—l get plenty of rotes. I may have 50/. in notes to-morrow or next day, but I do not choose to answer what I do with my own property. I feel my pride very much hurt, I assure you, at the accusation.--(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR, after consulting with Mr. nobler, said that the prisoner should be discharged, hut care would he t:xn to observe his conduct, and no trouble would be spared to procure additional evidence. Everybody plainly saw how ti)e poor fellow's 5/. note went. Prisoner—Thank you, my Lord. Ido assure you that I possess property to the amount of 2,500/., and that, consider, too, that there are Jews in the house who might have walked in, and done as they pleased.—(Laughter.) HA T TON- GA RDEN. Yesterday Henry lllyddix, aged 16, John Barrows, aged 19, and William Cuuke, aged 14, were placed at the bar b. few Mr. ROGERS, chrged by Mrs. Eliza Cooke, a widow, crippl,d, the mother of the prisoner Cooke, on suspicion of having rub bed her house. Mr. li.ooEas remanJed the prisoners, with directions that every inquiry should be niafie to trace the stolen property and an owner for that found at Barrows's lodgings. MARLBORouGH-STREET. Mr. R. Dillon Brown, M. P., appeared before Mr. DYER and Mr. COURTNEY to answer a charge of assault brought against him by Mr. E. nest Sievers. Mr. Sievers stated that he livid in Homer-strecet, Lam beth. The assault occurred in January last at Long's Hotel. Complainant bad made many attempts to see Mr. Brown on a private matter, but they had been frustrated. Having, how ever, perceived Mr. Brown enter Long's Hotel, he sent in his card, requesting a private interview in a private room. Mr. Brown sent out a refusal, and complainant then told Mr. Markwcll, the proprietor, that he was determined to see Mr. Brown, and if he could accomplish the matter no other way he would dine in the coffee-room, when a scene would ensue of a very unpacific character. Mr. Somers, a friend of Mr. Brawn's, came out to complainant, and spoke to hire, and soon afterwards Mr. Brown made his appearance. After a few warm words had passed between them, complainant ad dressed Mr. Somers, and while so doing he received an un expected and violent blow on the face from Mr. Brown. The persons present interfered, and complainant came to the office for a warrant. Mr. Brown admitted the assault, but begged the Magis [rates would look at the provocation w hi c h h e had received. Mr. Sievers having- intimated his wish that the case should be dealt with in a summary fern), the I3cnch inflicted tho fine (f M. The manner in which her Majesty conveyed her in timation to the Fitzclarencii family respecting the continuation of their allowance was as gratifying as the act itself ass gracious. Listead of the common official notice, such as is customary on similar cocasions, her Majesty addressed private communications, through her Secretaries, to each member of the fimily, stating the gratification she experienced in acting in accordance to what her late uncle had conferred upon the family, and that all the allowances were to be continued as the late King had given them. SJlre misapprehensions seem to have prevailea lately with respect to the measures adopted by the Scotch banks, which have reduced the rate of interest on deposits, and have been charged in consequence with inflicting a wilful injury on their customers. Heretofore the rate of interest on loans was 5 per cent., and the allowance to depositors 3 per cent., leav ing a profit to the banks of 2 per cent. on the two operations. Since the reduction, the rates are 4 per cent. on l oans, and 9} per cent. on depcsits; so that the banks are not so well off as they were, making a profit of only I per cent. With re spect to the alteration, the Scotch banks could not help them selves, after a reduction to 4 per cent, had been made by the flank of England:— Times.